Wading into a murky area of the law, a 2nd Circuit panel has ruled that a Vermont school district violated a seventh grader's free speech rights when it forced him to cover up images of drugs and alcohol on a T-shirt ridiculing President Bush. Resolving an issue of first impression in the circuit, the panel ruled that a 1986 U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing school authorities to ban "plainly offensive" messages was not applicable to this case.
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'Offensive' Speech Gets Narrow Reading at 2nd Circuit
New York Law Journal
September 6, 2006
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